| 单词 | in a person's fingers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also within) a person's fingers (a) in (also within) a person's fingers: in a person's possession or power; under a person's control. Cf. hand n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > grow longer or extend > be tediously protracted in a person's fingers1469 defer1546 drag1735 linger1836 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [phrase] > out of a person's clutches in a person's fingers1469 the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (intransitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another > be long withheld in a person's fingers1469 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > to or into state of freedom [phrase] to the (or one's) largea1425 in a person's fingers1469 1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 407 I wolde nat they com in hys fyngrys. ?1548 L. Shepherd Vpcheringe of Messe sig. A.iiv No good mes singers Will come wtin hir fyngers. 1588 P. Jones Certaine Serm. at Ciceter iii. sig. G3v A man should haue in his fingers & custodie, that, by the good vse wherof hee might doe singular good in Gods Church. 1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah iii. 63 If Satan be sometimes the instrument of Gods iustice, let vs feare to come in his fingers. 1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery ii. 172 They..were by no means willing to part with what they had got, so fortunately, as they thought, in their Fingers. < as lemmas |
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